Interactive inventor&#39;s menu

ABSTRACT

An interactive inventive pictorial menu is provided, which may be superimposed over internet art obtained, for instance, from the internet. The interactive inventive pictorial menu provides controls by which images can be created, manipulated and supplemented by overlaying additional images accessed through menu software providing Internet Art Programs and Menu Art Programs. The combination of images may be utilized to facilitate creating further inventions or creative prospects. In one non-limiting embodiment, the images created by the user of the interactive inventive pictorial menu may then be used with the Inventor&#39;s Menu Tic Tac Toe model. The internet art and program or menu art may be adjusted in size and location to produce an image that is well proportioned and realistic. The user may draw over the art to produce innovations and creations. Also, the art selected from menu and program art, and internet art, may be selected from a wide ranging list of subjects in menus or sub-menus. Innovations and creations may also be produced on a touch screen embodiment using the images displayed on the interactive inventive menu.

CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application is a continuation-in-part of U.S. application Ser. No.11/691,830, filed Mar. 27, 2007, which is a continuation of U.S.application Ser. No. 10/338,968, filed Jan. 10, 2003 and now issued asU.S. Pat. No. 7,197,720, which is a continuation of U.S. applicationSer. No. 09/728,370, filed Dec. 4, 2000, and claims priority to U.S.application Ser. No. 09/910,608, filed Jul. 23, 2001, now abandoned. Theentire contents of all of the foregoing applications are herebyincorporated by reference.

BACKGROUND OF THE RELATED ART

Menus of various types are used in computer software. These menusdisplay configurations, cells, windows and icons of all sorts for anynumber of different purposes but, to date, no such menu has beendeveloped for the specific purpose of inventing via a menu and apparatuswithin software on a computer and video display system—which may becapable of utilizing any word or concept found on the internet to inventwith, which, in this case, is capable of utilizing any picture, image,or depiction found on the internet to invent with, via a screen or opencell within a menu, or in some cases, above, below, or beside a beside amenu. The INVENTOR'S MENU TTT model (with TTT denoting Tic Tac Toe)utilizing pictures, images, or depictions from the internet is one wayby which inventing can be made a very easy, quick, and fun process.

Because the inventor's menus are used with internet art normally, whichis always current (and always will be), the instant invention willalways be current as well.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF NON-LIMITING EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION

The inventor's menus are unequaled aids to invention, which can be usedby nearly anyone in the world, especially by people with access to theinternet, and a web site such as INVENTIVE-INTERNET.COM owned by theinventor of the instant invention although software packages, having themenus' art, may be very effective.

Further, they enable anyone, from a child to a scientist, to becomeinventive or more inventive due to the pioneer methods and menuapparatuses utilized, which make inventing as fun and fast as ispossible, yet also as comprehensive and productive as is possible, dueto all of the aspects of the instant invention, and, in most cases, theutilization of the massive source of pictorial concepts found on theinternet, or like means, and the ability to juxtapose almost anyinternet concept or art against any other concept or art denoted on aninventor's menu. The instant invention provides means to customize andsupplement the internet art which a user may draw upon to invent with.In one embodiment of the invention, a computer program superimposesmenus over internet art (such as from images found on Google), andpermits a user to add art elements obtained from the internet, Menu ArtPrograms, and Internet Art Programs (from the inventor's menu pictorialsoftware) or drawn in on the touch screen embodiment to createinventions or further inventive prospects.

Websites on the internet can be used as Menu Art Programs in accordanceand in cooperation with the inventor's menus and pictorial, with ascreen (Basic and Touch embodiments), so that the art from a websitewill mate well in size and position with the pictorial menu art(developed by the inventor of the instant invention or an outside party)which has been selected from a drop down menu, and possibly sub-menus,on the pictorial menu which have a list of subjects (which can bemassive and very comprehensive, representing many arts and sciences ofinterest to people) as with the Inventor's Menu, TTT, Maxi, and Mini,which is described in U.S. Pat. No. 7,197,720, and applicant's U.S.application Ser. No. 11/691,830, filed Mar. 27, 2007.

The interactive menus, with a screen, enable people, around the world,to be able to juxtapose almost any kind of concept (i.e., words,pictures, symbols etc. or written descriptions of pictures or symbols)in the world against any other kind of concept in the world, via the useof the internet, and its immense source of concepts, to createinventions or further inventive prospects.

In the Inventor's Menu Pictorial, Touch, embodiment, it has aninfra-ready screen that allows the user to draw over any art shown onthe screen of the menu, whether it be art from the internet, Menu ArtPrograms or from Internet Art Programs.

The interactive pictorial menus, with a screen, provide the mostcomprehensive inventive tool in history.

The interactive pictorial menus, with a screen, provide the most useableinventive tool in history.

The interactive pictorial menus, with a screen, provide the mostproductive inventive tool in history.

The interactive pictorial menus, with a screen, provide the currentfastest inventive tool.

The interactive pictorial menus, with a screen, provide an inventivemeans which is the most fun to use to invent with.

These and other features and objects will be apparent upon considerationof the following detailed description of preferred embodiments thereof,presented in connection with the following drawings in which likereference numerals identify like elements throughout. Also, theinvention is not limited to achieve the objects and advantages describedherein, and may achieve other objects and advantages. In addition, thenon-limiting embodiments of the invention may not achieve any object oradvantage.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIGS. 1( a)-1(d) are drawings of menus according to various non-limitingembodiments of the invention.

FIG. 2( a)-2(e) shows the menus of FIG. 1 having some of the open spaceson the menu filled in with words from a list of words in separatecategories relating to each open space.

FIG. 3 is a drawing of the menu of FIG. 1( b) on a screen of a desk topcomputer display having religious symbols displayed from a web site onthe internet.

FIG. 4 is a drawing of the menu of FIG. 1( a) on a desk top computerdisplay having a newspaper article taken from a web site.

FIGS. 5( a) and 5(b) are drawings of menus referred to herein asINVENTOR'S MENU TTT (Tic Tac Toe) Model 2, which has the classic directvertical alignment of the open spaces or cells or slots, and, the directhorizontal alignment of the open spaces or cells or slots.

FIGS. 5 c-5 f are drawings of menus according to various embodiments.

FIGS. 6( a)-6(d) show 4 examples of various word paths or lines whichmay produce descriptions of inventions or prospects by reading the wordsshown through the open spaces of the menu of FIG. 5( a).

FIG. 7 shows an example of the menu of FIG. 5( a) superimposed over adesk top computer display, either over internet art or with the menubeing used by itself.

FIG. 8 shows the menu of FIG. 5( a) superimposed over internet art on adesk top computer display.

FIGS. 9( a) and 9(b) show 2 different styles of the menu of FIG. 5( a)having all 3 of the open spaces in each vertical column being filled inwith words, with the left and right vertical columns showing words fromsimulated drums or reels after they have been activated, and the centervertical columns, in each case, showing typed in key words. In readingeach menu, as described in FIG. 6 various descriptions of inventions andinventive prospects are revealed.

FIG. 10 shows examples of menus according to embodiments of theinvention on a video display or terminal screen.

FIGS. 11( a)-11(h) show menus according to various embodiments of theinvention.

FIGS. 12( a)-12(e) show menus according to various embodiments of theinvention.

FIG. 13. is a drawing of the INVENTOR'S MENU PICTORIAL, BASIC,juxtaposed over internet art, a doll body, after a search through aninternet search engine according to embodiments of the invention on adisplay screen.

FIG. 14 is a drawing of the INVENTOR'S MENU PICTORIAL, TOUCH, which isactivated by clicking on the “T” icon displayed at the bottom of theInventor's Menu Pictorial, Basic, on a display screen.

FIG. 15 is a simple representation of a doll hat, superimposed over thewebsite art displayed on the menu on a display screen according toembodiments of the invention.

FIG. 16 shows a drop down menu (4 a) and submenus (4(a)) and (4(b))produced after clicking on either the Menu Art Program icon or theWebsite Art Programs icons on a display screen according to embodimentsof the invention.

FIG. 17 shows a drop down menu that appears after clicking on either theMenu Art Program icon or the Website Art Programs icons (they each canhave the same list of subjects but they normally would differ).

FIG. 18 shows a representation of a display screen having the Inventor'sMenu Pictorial, Basic, positioned on it according to embodiments of theinvention.

FIG. 19 shows the Inventors Menu, Basic, on a monitor which displays akey element from either the internet, Internet Art Programs, or from theMenu Art Programs.

FIG. 20 shows a representation of the Inventor's Menu Pictorial, Touch,which has no art drawn over the key element art, i.e. doll (8 a).

FIG. 21 shows a key element (doll (9 a)), which has a top hat (9(b))drawn over its head, while standing on a surf board (9(c)) and surfingon a broad stretch of water (9(d)) that has been drawn in by the user.Each of these elements may be adjusted as described further below.

FIG. 22 shows a menu which has been dragged over a depiction of atriangular doll hat obtained from either a Menu Art Program or a WebsiteArt Program.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF ILLUSTRATIVE NON-LIMITING EMBODIMENTS

Interactive menu apparatuses used within software computer and videodisplay system, of all sorts, for all sorts or uses, have been widelyused for quite some time, but none have been developed to use as aninventive tool until now, via the 3 Models of the instant invention, theINVENTOR'S MENU.

Further, uses of all sorts, have been developed for using the internet,but none have been developed to use it as an inventive tool.

The instant invention combines the use of inventive menus along withinternet art to create the most powerful, comprehensive, easy to use,and fun inventive tool.

The drawings provided as part of this patent application, show FIGS.1-12, which generally depict the inventor's menus utilized in aninteractive menu like apparatus and method within a software computerand video display system for creating inventions or prospects forinventions via the juxtaposition of words or concepts displayed on theinventor's menu. The software may be stored on a computer readablemedium, which may include a tangible medium.

All of the styles of menus shown in FIGS. 1-4 show menus which have theopen spaces or cells or slots on the left side of the menu staggered.Normally, however, all of the open spaces or cells or slots, on theinventor's menus, be they on the left or right or in any center positionon the menu are directly in line, vertically, in a column.

More specifically, FIGS. 1-12, depict the inventor's menus utilized inan interactive menu apparatus and method within a software computer andvideo display system for creating inventions or prospects for inventionsvia the juxtaposition of words or concepts display on a menu anywhere onthe video display system. The menu apparatus is comprised of a one spaceto thirty space open cell or window grid above, below, or alongside aline or lines of command icons on the menu, normally on the non openheading of the menu or on a non open area on the sides or at the bottomof the menu, used for creating inventions or prospects defined by theword or concept paths or sets shown through the singular or multi openspaces on the grid from normally one to six simulated rotating drums orreels normally below the open spaces on the menu apparatus, which is anormally rectilinear, simulated cover, having lines separating theindividual open spaces provided in front of said simulated rotatingdrums or reels. Each drum or reel has a plurality of words of anindividual category or concepts on it. The one to six drums or reels arespun, briefly, to randomly generate a set of words or concepts viewablethrough the open spaces, which juxtapose in some direct line or skippingfashion, in any order, to define an invention or prospect based on theoutcome of the randomly generated word paths or sets which are shown onthe inventor's menu.

Finally, in this regard FIGS. 5-9 depict a specialized inventor's menu(the INVENTOR'S MENU TTT) utilized in an interactive menu apparatus andmethod within a software computer and video display system for creatinginventions or prospects for inventions via the juxtaposition of words orconcepts displayed on a menu anywhere on the video display system. Themenu apparatus is comprised of a nine space open cell or window grid,which may be above, below, or alongside a line or lines of command iconson the menu.

A menu like apparatus of FIG. 10 is shown wherein words or concepts,usually key words or list words, and usually from the author'scopyrighted creative works, but sometimes from any word or descriptionin words or a concept, shown on the internet or like means or sometimesfrom a persons mind, typed in over the 1-30 space open cell or window onthe grid on the menu. Words from lists, indexes, articles, or fromdescriptions of pictorial depictions being very useful in the inventiveprocess.

A menu like apparatus of FIG. 5( a) is shown wherein words or concepts,usually keywords or a list words, and usually from the authorscopyrighted creative works, but sometimes from any word or descriptionin words of a concept, shown on the internet or like means or sometimesfrom a persons own mind, may be typed in over the 9 space open cell onthe grid on the menu. Words from lists, indexes, articles or fromdescriptions of pictorial depictions being very useful in the inventiveprocess.

A menu like apparatus for creating inventions or prospects forinventions via the juxtaposition of words or concepts is shown in FIG.10, wherein one to five rows of words or concepts from the drums orreels are aligned in a horizontal plane on the menu as seen through itsopen, lined, spaces, cells or windows.

A menu like apparatus for creating inventions or prospects via thejuxtaposition of words or concepts is shown in FIGS. 1 and 5( c)-5(f).Three rows of words or concepts from the drums or reels are aligned in ahorizontal plane on the menu as seen through its open, lined, spaces,cells or windows.

A menu like apparatus for creating inventions or prospects via thejuxtaposition of of words or concepts is shown in FIG. 5( c). One to sixrows, or columns, of words or concepts from the drums or reels arealigned in a vertical plane on the menu as seen through its open, lines,spaces, cells or windows.

A menu like apparatus for creating inventions or prospects forinventions via the juxtaposition of words or concepts is shown in FIG.5( a). Three rows or columns of words or concepts are aligned in avertical plane on the menu as seen through its open, lined, spaces,cells or windows.

Each drum or reel having a plurality of words or concepts of are shownin FIG. 5, wherein the words, if taken from the authors copyrighted orpatent applied for creative works, and any part thereof, especially fromany index part of the work or if it is constructed by the user of themenu, are arranged from A-Z, and usually are grouped in a separatecategory for each wheel, usually in things, function & miscellaneous,and shapes categories.

The simulated rotating drums or reels of Model 3 is shown, wherein thereels or drums comprise; a singular rotating drum or reel or 2-6rotating drums or reels adjacent to each other having a outer surface onwhich a plurality of words or concepts are shown, which is rotatablearound an axis; a rotation control means for controlling rotations ofsaid singular or 2-6 rotating reels or drums, separately.

The simulated rotating drums or reels of Model 2 is shown, wherein thereels or drums comprise; a first rotating, center, drum having an outerperipheral surface on which a plurality of words or concepts are shown,which is rotatable around an axis; a second rotating drum having anouter surface on which a plurality of words or concepts are shown, whichis arranged adjacent to one side of the first rotating drum androtatably around said axis; a third rotating drum having an outerperipheral surface on which a plurality of words or concepts are shown,which drum is arranged adjacent to the other side of the first, center,rotating drum and rotatably on said axis; a rotation control means forcontrolling rotations of said first, second, and third drums,separately.

A menu like apparatus of Models 1 and 3, wherein, a line or lines ofcommand icons on the menu normally on the non open heading of the menuor on a non open area on the sides or at the bottom or top area of themenu, wherein the standard arrangement of command icons for controllingthe 2-6 simulated rotating drums, each having a plurality of words, andeach with an individual category of words, would be, from left to right:(1) shapes category icon controlling the first reel or drum and itsrandom spins, (2) function & miscellaneous icon, controlling the secondreel and its random spins, (3) prospect icon, with prospects being typedin or deleted, in computer fashion, over the open spaces, cells, orwindows over the third reel or if no prospects are typed in, the secondreel would be used and activated or spun and used in the same fashion asthe things reel and would show things, (4) key word icon, with key wordsbeing typed in or deleted in conventional computer fashion over the openspaces, cells, or windows over the fourth reel or if no key words aretyped in this reel would be activated or spun and used in the samefashion as the things reel and would show things (5) things categoryicon, controlling the fifth reel and its random spins, and (6) anotherthings category icon, controlling the sixth wheel and its random spins,for example to activate the brief random spin of the first reel, wheel,drum or however described the user would click on to the “R” or randomicon and then the “S” or shapes icon, and to activate the second reelthe user would click on to the “R” or random icon and the “F” orfunction and miscellaneous icon, and to activate the third reel the userwould click on to the “R” or random icon and the “P” or prospect icon toproduce a list of things, and to activate, and to activate the fourthreel the user would click on to the “R” or random icon and “K” the keyword icon to produce a list of things, and to activate the fifth reelthe user would click on to the “T” or things icon to produce a list ofthings, and to activate sixth reel the user would click on to the “R” orrandom icon and “T” or its things icon, and, in all cases, each icon foreach reel would have a set of up/down scroll icons adjacent to it forslowly scrolling up or down the entire list of words in the category,accomplished by clicking on either the up or down icon, and afterproceeding in the direction indicated clicking, again, to stop thescroll.

The menu of 1-6 reels or drums, wherein the largest menu would be idealto develop prospects for inventions, and the smallest would be ideal foruse on a crowded screen or as a way to leave the one reel, one categorycell, and one open space cell or window menu on the screen at all times,and when the user thinks of it he may juxtapose the word shown on thesmallest menu against what ever of the many words or concepts may alsobe shown on the screen, and thus often create unusual ideas.

Regarding command icons, there would be a line of command icons on themenu normally on the menus open heading of the menu or on a non openarea on the sides or at the bottom of the menu of model 2, wherein thestandard arrangement of icons for controlling the simulated tic tac toelike reels or drums, and their plurality of individual category words,would be the following: (1) things category icon, controlling the leftreel or drum and its random spins, (2) key word icon, with key wordsbeing typed in or deleted in a conventional computer fashion over theopen spaces, cells, or windows over the center reel or if no key wordsare typed in the center reel or drum it would be activated or spun andused in the same fashion as the things reels or drums or reels showingthings at the left and right of the center reel, (3) the random icon,used to activate the spin of all of the reels or drums in conjunctionwith the individual reels category icons and, (4) things category iconcontrolling the right reel or drum and its random spins, for example toactivate the brief random spin of the left reel or drum the user wouldclick on to the “R” or random icon and then the “T” or things icon onthe left side of the menu, and to activate the brief, random, spin ofthe right reel or drum the user would click on to the “R” or random iconant then the “T” or things category icon on the right side of the menu,and to activate the spin of the center reel or drum, not having keywords typed in over it on the menu, the user would click on to the “R”or random icon then “K” the key word icon.

Further, there would be a line or lines of command icons on the menu onmodels 1 and 3, wherein the word category icons may be arranged ineither a horizontal or vertical line or a combination of such lines, inany fashion.

Finally, regarding the inventive interactive menu apparatus of models 1and 3, wherein the components cited may be of any configuration, numberor combination, and each model many be identified by an individualnumber or alphanumeric identification so that each may be pulled up fromsoftware by clicking on to the specific, individual, number oralphanumeric identification designating the model to be used on screen.

And, regarding an inventive, interactive, tic tac toe like menuapparatus and method of model 2, wherein the apparatus and method may beutilized on any kind of non computerized, game or teaching, mechanicalor literary or pictorial or any such combination.

Model 1. (FIGS. 1-4)

To create a new idea, invention or prospect using the interactive, menuapparatus and method within the video display system of the instantinvention, the Inventor's Menu is superimposed onto the screen of anytype of computerized device which capable of being connected to theinternet, and displaying art on its screen.

For example, FIG. 3, shows the Style 2 menu, 10 (of FIG. 1( b)) on thescreen of a conventional desk top computer 300 having internet art(religious symbols, 12 a, 12 b, and 12 c, in this case) and a situationwhere the user typed in CHRISTIAN CROSS, 14, as the key word or keyconcept to be used to juxtapose against other words or concepts on theInventor's Menus (in most cases the words on lists developed for themenus and part of the software are more than adequate) or against anyart (word, concept, symbol, picture) found anywhere on the internet orin the users mind to produce the invention via the juxtaposition ofconcepts.

In this case, the Inventor's Menu 10 is shown below the internet art,with a matrix of four open space cells or slots on the menu, but anumber of differently configured menus may be located anywhere on anyvideo display screen, on the bottom, top, sides etc., and the menus maybe comprised of many differently configured open space grids (with oneopen space generally used for the entry of typed in words or concepts towork with, specifically a key word or key concept described in words)for showing words from a variety of sources, lists, mostly) and iconarrangements down to menus or portions of menus having only one keyword, and open space cell, on the smallest menu possible.

FIG. 4 shows the Style 1 menu, 20 (of FIG. 1( a)) on the screen of aconventional computer 300 having internet art from the USA Todaynewspaper, 22, and a miscellaneous section showing BASKETBALL MADNESS,24, as a good key word or key concept to work with in inventing, and wastyped in as the key word, 26, in the open space cell, at the bottom ofthe line of open space cells located on the menu.

Note: new products or exotic concepts are often good candidates for keywords or key concepts to use to develop improvement inventions.

Further, almost every new invention has a possibility of being used todevelop a new invention, by making it a key concept or word andinventing in the matter spelled out in this patent application whichessentially allows for developing ways to add a new feature or functionor shape to the new invention to make yet another new invention. Also,new inventions can be broken down to their components or features orfunctions and those individual components or features or functions canbe made key concepts or key words and be processed accordingly.

The design of the Inventor's Menus are capable of listing any kind ofword or concept used in the inventive process from word or concept listseither of the users own making or lists found anywhere or from the liststhat are part of the Inventor's Menus software or by defining almost anykind of non word concept, with words, and then juxtaposing that conceptor the words, on the menu, itself or against the words or concepts onthe internet, or both ways, thus making the Inventor's Menus thegreatest inventive tool, ever, which can never be exceed.

Specifically, to use the Inventor's Menu of FIG. 1( a) you:

First type in a key word in the cell or slot provided, which you obtainfrom the INVENDEX™ (a book written, years back by the inventor of thisinvention) lists (which are normally part of the software of theInventor's Menus) or from your own mind or from anywhere on the internet(you do not have to limit yourself to the words you find because you cantype in a description of anything you see on the internet, be it apicture or symbol or what ever).

Then to juxtapose your key word with other words or concepts to createideas, or inventions or prospects you decide which category of words,taken from the INVENDEX™ (things, function & miscellaneous or shapes)you want to work with.

Please note that with this model of the Inventor's Menu the open spaces,or cells or slots have icon F (for function and miscellaneous words,from the INVENDEX™) and icon S (for shapes, from the INVENDEX™) and iconT (for things, from the INVENDEX) and has all of those open spaces cellsor slots directly aligned, to the far left side of the menu and in avertical line).

Then to show the first word of the list you will work with click on toeither icons, F, 30, for function & miscellaneous words, S, 32, forshape words or T. 34, for words that describe things (all of which willbe positioned ahead, or before) what ever key word you may use in theopen cell or slot, 35, which is located on the center of the bottomhorizontal line of cells or slots on the menu. Please note there isanother cell or slot, 37 on the right end of the series of open cells orslots at the bottom of the menu.

Then to juxtapose the entire list of the category of words you arematching against your key word or key concept click on to the S icon,scroll, 36, in the fourth box in the line of icons at the top, right,side of the menu, and to control the speed of the scroll click on to thearrow icons, 38 or 40 (away from the point of the arrow for the fastestscroll) and choose the upward pointing arrow to scroll up or thedownward pointing arrow to scroll down the list of words in the categorywords you use, which are shown through the open spaces or cells or slotsused (from simulated rotating reels or wheels having the list wordsdenoted on them). Then search until you find a category list word whichmatches with your typed in key word to create an invention (the key wordin this instance being CHEESEHEAD, a new fad awhile back which was easyto improve via the teachings of the Inventor's Menu's).

When you do find a combination of a list word and the key word that youlike as an invention click on the I, invention icon, 42, to store thatidea, and after you have a number of inventions you may click on to L,list icon, 44, to review your list of inventions. You may then click onto the P, print icon, 46, to print your list of inventions.

Thereafter, you may select any or all of the other category lists ofwords to work with to further improve or expand your denoted idea orprospect or invention, again following steps 2-5 until you come to aninvention (or what ever) made up of your key and the maximum of 3additional different types of words (from the things, function &miscellaneous, and shapes lists) positioned on the menu either before orafter the key.

Styles 2, 3, and 4 (shown in FIGS. 1( b), 1(c), 1(d), respectively)proceed downward in their capability to match the categories of listwords with a key word, with Style 4 being the least capable, again, seeFIG. 3. Finally, in this regard, FIGS. 2( a)-2(e) show examples ofinventions or prospects developed on the different styles of the Model1, by the alignment of words which produce/define different types ofimproved cheesehead products.

Model 2. (FIGS. 5( a) and 5(b))

The Model 2, known as the INVENTOR'S MENU TTT™ (with TTT denoting, TicTac Toe) is an upgraded version of Model 1. (known as the originalINVENTOR'S MENU™) and is identified in this patent application as Styles5-A and 5-B.

This style menu, like the Model 1 styles, is normally used on a videodisplay terminal or screen having internet. But, it may also be used onany kind of game, including pay to play arcade games, which utilizesoftware and a screen and a control means. And it may be varied to beused as some sort of slot machine of any kind. Also, the art may beincorporated into a variety of computer software products.

This interface menu, with its ability to enable the user to quicklyjuxtapose nine different words or concepts on a familiar Tic Tac Toeconfigured grid on a menu apparatus, and with its capacity to add newwords or concepts to the mix, makes this tool the fastest, and currentlythe most powerful inventive tool.

This menu (FIGS. 5( a) and 5(b)) generally consists of an interfacesoftware, Tic Tac Toe style, inventive game having three, simulated,spaced wheels or reels with words (or concepts) on them (from theinventor's book the INVENDEX™ or from other lists from books etc.written by the inventor of the instant invention) as they appear on avideo display terminal or screen having the menu (with nine, seethrough, recit-linear open spaces or cells) superimposed over them.

No physical wheels are utilized in the spinning of the wheels (whichalso is a simulation) and the seeming spinning of the wheels justappears to be that from the way the software displays the art of thewheels through the viewable open spaces of the menu the wheel or reelsthrough the viewable open spaces or cells on the menu, with its nineopen, rectilinear (in this instance) spaces or cells (forming a tic tactoe configured grid) positioned above the simulated wheels or reels(note: in an alternative embodiment the wheels my be actual, mechanical,wheels having words denoted on them).

Each simulated wheel shows three words through the three open spaces onthe menu column which they are directly aligned with so that the threewheels will show nine words through the nine menu open spaces after thewheels have been activated (or 3 words per wheel shown behind the 3columns of open rectilinear spaces).

With this model of the menu all nine of the open spaces on the grid maybe used to type in other words by moving a cursor to each space andtyping in words of the users choosing, and then, as desired, removingthe typed in words by deletion or backspacing leaving the spaces to showonly the words that would otherwise show from the wheels through theopen spaces. When this type in function is used the open spaces wouldautomatically be provided with a background so that the words from thewheels or reels would not show through.

In any event, at most times there would be nine words (hereafterconcepts will not be added) which could be used to invent with toproduce product descriptions via the juxtaposition of the words shown(in a tic tac toe manner) with normally three words aligned eithervertically, horizontally, or diagonally as in a tic tac toe game, withthe word paths or lines beginning from either end of the line (as in tictac toe) or in any manner which the arrangement of three columns ofthree words would allow (in a series of two to nine words, normally)which could also involve skipping spaces in a word path which woulddescribe an invention using a “bouncing around” manner of any kind,(organized or random) in other words utilizing the nine displayed wordsin all the combinations which would be possible mathematically. Meaningthat just one set of nine words (which can be produced, in seconds, overand over again) would be an extremely potential source forwords/concepts to invent with, and invention is all about the matchingof words or concepts.

The style 5 menu is used by spinning (activating) the wheels on the leftand right side of the menu, and when they come to rest juxtaposing thewords displayed through the open rectilinear spaces of the menu againstthe key words displayed (typed in) on the center column of spaces on themenu (in continuing lines) with the word paths (which may describe aninvention) starting from either end of the line. And, to be candid, mostinventions produced will probably involved only two words.

In reading the combinations of words produced by the activation of the1-3 wheels (or just the left and right wheel, plus the key word{s}entered on the center wheel) the approach is to take one word (usuallythe key word or KEY) and match it with another word that is directlyadjacent to it (above, below, alongside or diagonally) until aninvention is defined by two words or a series of words, up to nine words(shown in the nine rectilinear spaces after the activation of thewheels) through a series of nine words describing an invention would beextremely rare.

Regarding the center wheel and its column of three words it should benoted that indeed words may be typed in the rectilinear spaces, and ifthey are each typed in, the words would be superimposed over the list ofwords otherwise shown through from the center wheel (with said wordsbeing in this case taken from the inventor's work INVENDEX™) but whichmay be taken from any of the inventor's copyrighted words or from anylist or index or the like from anywhere). Thereafter, to remove thetyped in words normal computer functions, like “delete” and “backspace”are used.

If words are not typed in all of the three spaces in the center columnthen the list of “things” (again, from the INVENDEX™ NOTE: in allinstances in this disclosure, the list words on all of the wheels aretaken from the INVENDEX™, and with the Style 5-A of FIG. 5( a) all ofthe words are “things” and with the Style 5-B of FIG. 5( b) the righttwo wheels have “things” but the left wheel has function andmiscellaneous words taken from the INVENDEX™ normally found on thecenter wheel could be displayed by clicking on the “R” or Random andthen “KEY” icons to activate the lists (NOTE: all reels or wheels, onceactivated, move at different speeds after each activation, resulting ina different 3 word set of words on each wheel being displayed in therectilinear spaces each time, so as to provide a great variety of wordsto match “work with” after all three wheel, or even two wheels havestopped, which happens after a brief period of time) or “spin them”(meaning the list of words are displayed past the open rectilinearspaces in a top to bottom sequence, normally, However, in an alternativeembodiment words may be made to appear “one at a time” in any sequencein the 9 space grid or at the same time via a non spinning wheel,software, function.

To activate the spin of the left wheel, in the menu of FIG. 5( a), theoperator would click on the “R” or Random box (icon) and then the “T”(Things) icon at the left side of the menu (Things, again, taken fromthe INVENDEX™).

To activate the spin of the right wheel (or column of words or concepts)in the 5-A the operator would “click on” to the “R” or Random icon andthen the “T” icon on the right side of the menu.

When using the Style 5-B menu the only difference in the operation wouldbe the use of the Function & Miscellaneous words, which would bedisplayed on the left wheel and through the left side of open spaces onthe INVENTOR'S MENU TTT™, by first clicking on to the “R” icon and thenthe “F” (or Function & Miscellaneous words) icon at the left of themenu.

To produce possible inventions or prospects, the menu also allows theoption of spinning a choice wheel (or reel) again and again, to induceinteractive plays until an invention or prospect is produced, whichnormally would not take too long (what other inventive method can claimthat) unless you use a Key Word that denotes an old concept, which hasbeen improved endlessly, leaving little room for other improvements.

Referring, again, to the drawings of FIGS. 5( a) and 5(b), 52 (of FIG.5( b)) and the menus 53, 54, 55, and 56 of FIGS. 5( c)-5(f),respectively, and a three space opening on the menus, all of whichoperate in the same fashion as the preferred embodiment, but have lesscapability but take up less room on the screen, which may be beneficialin some instances. Note: the menu 52 may have an optional Things icon,57 as shown in FIG. 5( b), so both Things and Function & Miscellaneousmay be juxtaposed on one screen menu.

FIGS. 6( a)-6(d) show some of the many ways in which a series of words,taken after activating the wheels, may be aligned to produce inventionsvia juxtapositions and words paths, from a two word series to a nineword series menu (60 of FIG. 6( a) shows examples of 3 word series,vertically, horizontally, and diagonally, in classic Tic Tac Toeconfigurations. Menu 61 of FIG. 6( b) is essentially the same as 60except it does not show any vertical alignment of words in the leftcolumns, because Function & Miscellaneous words (see the F icon shown on61) combined by themselves, are meaningless. 62 shows examples of twoword series which can create inventions by horizontal, vertical ordiagonal word paths. 63 shows an exotic example of a nine word seriesword path possibly defining an invention, but that would be a very rareoccurrence. It must be noted the word paths do not have to be in adirect line and a random, bouncing, pattern may be quite successful.Note: as you can see, the variations shown in II of FIG. 6, do not showany vertical alignment of words, in the left columns, becausecombinations of Function & Miscellaneous words by themselves aremeaningless.

FIG. 7 shows how the menu 52 of FIG. 5( b) would look superimposed overa desk top computer screen or any screen on which it may be displayed,which may have internet art or art of any kind of other art displayablemeaning that any word shown on the menu can be juxtaposed/matchedagainst any word, picture, symbol etc. shown on the screen above themenu. Obviously, the menu can also be used, by itself, or with anyscreen art shown.

FIG. 8 shows how the menu 50 of FIG. 5( a) would look like over a desktop computer screen or almost any type of screen on which it may bedisplayed, which may have internet art or any kind of artdisplayable—but, in this case had internet art showing religioussymbols. So, in this case, the menu may be used “as usual” or thedescription of the art (not otherwise defined by words) may be typed inon the center column of the menu (such as a picture of a ChristianCross) being typed in as a Key Word (or KEY) and then be juxtaposed, asusual, to produce inventions or prospects.

FIGS. 9( a) and 9(b) show actual samples of some series of words (orword paths) produced with the Style 5-A and 5-B menus, which wouldconstitute inventions or prospects.

In FIG. 9( a), the menu has cheesehead typed in on all three centercolumn spaces the following inventions or prospects are produced: SitterCheesehead, matching the top, left column, space entry with any of thecenter column space entries, all the same). Six Gun Cheesehead & SixPack Cheesehead are also produced by the left & center columns.

As can be seen in the top style match-ups other inventions or prospects(Cheesehead Visor, Cheesehead Vitamin, and Cheesehead Vodka) are alsoproduced in this case by center column and right column match ups ofwords. Note: the many examples of inventions produced in the top exampleare unusual and only happened because cheesehead is such a good idea (orhot idea, especially at its beginning) to work with. Many new productsor ideas are good candidates for improvement.

Finally, the menu of FIG. 9( b) which shows a Key Word (cheesehead)typed only in the center location of the center column of spaces, withthe top and bottom spaces of that column showing words from theINVENDEX™, shows: Infant Cheesehead, and Inflatable Cheesehead asinventions resulting from the match-ups.

Model 3. (FIGS. 5( c)-5(f))

The Model 3 Menu, know as the INVENTOR'S MENU, MAXI AND MINI™ pertainsto expanded and reduced menu configurations and capabilities.

For example, FIG. 10 shows the simplest of these menus, the MINI, 70, atthe top of the video display or terminal screen, and the most elaborate,the MAXI, 72 at the bottom. Note: the MINI and MAXI, as well as anyINVENTOR'S MENU™ can be dragged to any location on any screen havingthat capability.

Specifically, FIG. 11 shows that the MAXI menu 80 may range from having5 simulated reels/word columns/open spaces/and category cells to 1simulated reel/word column/open space/and category cell (as seen, theopen spaces are located in the word columns) see, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84,85, 86 and 87.

Menu 80 has 5 simulated reels (see 1-5) with word lists on them (usuallyfrom the INVENDEX™) and 5 category cells (see 6-10) which show Things orFunction & Miscellaneous or Shape(s) words or Key Words or Prospectscategories after the corresponding controlling icon is clicked on to(Note: S denotes Shapes, 80 a, F denotes Function & Miscellaneous, 80 b,T denotes Things, 80 c, P denotes Prospect, 80 d, and K denotes Key orKey Word or concept, 80 e.

The full word list in the specific category is displayed from the reelthrough the open space columns (see 11-15) and to move the column oflist words on each reel the up/down icons are used (see 80 f, 80 g, 80h, 80 i, and 80 j).

It should be noted that Things from the Things list may be scrolled inthe Prospect or Key Word columns if a person has no Prospect or Key Wordof his own. But, a prospect is usually typed in after the clicking ofthe P icon, twice, and a Key Word is typed in after clicking on the Ktwice. Note. menu 81, shows the invention (or prospect) Cheesehead PokerParty, which was created by juxtaposing the key word typed in with listwords from the INVENDEX™ in two things categories. Also note that a fourreel menu was not shown, as not being necessary.

Further, again relating to FIG. 10, a six reel, etc. Inventor's Menu isshown, but more reels, etc. may be part of such a menu.

Also, if the user clicks on a up/down scroll icon the word list willscroll slowly in the direction clicked on to. But, if that icon isclicked, twice, then the word list will spin, for a brief period oftime, and come to rest at a random location on the word list in thecategory used.

Finally, in this regard, FIG. 12, shows the MAXI which operates in thesame manner as the MINI and the other Inventor's Menus previously citedbut, is different in that it can range down to a one reel+one wordcolumn+one open space+one category cell, usually “things” menu, see 90,92, 94, 96 and 98.

All of the Models of the INVENTOR'S MENU™ may also be used to juxtaposethe words or concepts positioned on them not just against each other, tocreate inventions or prospects, but also against any word or words orconcept or concepts found on the internet, or the like, or not or on anykind of literary expression or pictorial depiction or the like, on anyvideo display, with words or concepts from on line catalogs and lists,being very useful in the inventive process.

Regarding the vehicles for accessing the art of the instant invention auser would normally access a web site (INVENTIVE-INTERNET.COM is beingdeveloped by the inventor) having any or all of the INVENTOR'S MENU art(and likely all, or much, of the inventors other creative teachings) forfree (with sponsors paying for the site) but it is quite likely that aPay to Use site will also be made available, which should warrant acharge due to the greatness and uniqueness of the site. Also, softwarepackages will likely be marketed. Further, other avenues may be used,like a major search engine or web sites of some major software orcomputer companies, which may market the art in various way, one varietyof the art may be “infrared-ready.”

Regarding “the web” many ideal, inventive, tools are currently availableon it (and they will only increase, and many will always be current)such as: lists of any kind, be they word lists or pictorial lists etc.from books, catalogs, and publications of all sorts.

So, as an example, to create a new doll, various sites that list:dresses, dress designs, clothing etc., and types and colors of fabrics,and sites that list styles of dolls and or their parts etc. etc. willmake creating a new doll concept “a snap.” NOTE: an easy way to locate“lists” of any kind is to use Google, and type in “list+the kind of listwanted.”

Further, e-literature of all sorts imaginable, will become more andmore, comprehensive, and detailed, and complex, making any kind ofinventive project easier to handle.

There are two preferred embodiments of the Inventor's Menu Pictorial. Inone preferred embodiment, as shown in FIG. 13, the Inventor's MenuPictorial, Basic menu is juxtaposed over art, constituting the keyelement which a user will rely upon to invent. The art may be obtainedwith the help of an internet search engine, such as Google, or any othersearch engine residing locally on the user's computer or remotely at alocation separate from the user. Then to create inventions or prospects,desired art to supplement the key element may be obtained by clicking onthe Menu Art Programs icon or Website Art Programs icon (and/or on iconsin sub-menus that may follow) until the desired art from the menu orsubmenu is found and clicked on. The art clicked on is shown centered onthe menu screen. Thereafter, the desired art from the Menu Art Programsor the Website Art Programs may be dragged over the key element to forman image from which it may be possible to create an invention orprospect.

If more work is required to create something more pleasing, the size ofthe key element shown on the screen of the Inventor's Menu may bereduced or enlarged by the scroll bar on the left side of the menu(denoted by “SS” which pertains to the “screen size” of the screenwithin or alongside the Inventor's Menu Pictorial, with a screen. Inaddition, the menu size may be reduced or enlarged using the scroll barof the menu on the right side (denoted by “MS” which pertains to “menusize”) so that the size of the full menu will work best as displayedover the art.

The art shown on the display screen is preferably aligned by clicking onits center and then pushing or dragging the ends of that element to matewith other art elements on the screen to produce the most pleasing look.See FIG. 15 for a basic understanding of the alignment. Thus, the dollshown in FIG. 20 for instance may be enlarged, reduced, and/or relocatedon the screen to accommodate the preferred size and location of that artelement relative to the menu.

In a second embodiment, as shown in FIG. 14, the Inventor's MenuPictorial, Touch menu is a touch screen which may be activated byclicking on the “T” icon displayed at the bottom of the Inventor's MenuPictorial, Basic. The Inventor's Menu Pictorial, Touch, has an infraredready screen that allows a user to draw over any art shown on thescreen, whether it be art from the internet or from Menu Art Programsand Internet Art Programs. The same doll body as shown in FIG. 13, maybe retrieved, for instance, after pressing on the touch screen the MenuArt Programs icon at the bottom of the menu, and then selecting on thetouch screen a sub-menu to show individual pieces of doll art, which theuser can then select by the touch screen.

In either embodiment of the Inventor's Menu Pictorial, art may beselected from either a website on the internet or from art selectedafter clicking or pressing on the Menu Art Programs icon at the bottomof the screen. In one or both embodiments, drawing over the art shown onthe menu screen may be accomplished by a pen that works cooperativelywith an infrared ready touch screen.

FIG. 15 shows a simple representation of a doll hat, that can besuperimposed over any website art displayed on the menu. The hat can berotated, left or right via a rotation means activated by clicking on the“R” icon at the bottom of the menu to facilitate matching the positionof the hat with the website art, which in this case is a doll. The usercould also type an “X” at the center of the hat (normally near thebottom of the art) and drag or push the hat art, at its ends, to placeit into the best location over whatever art is shown on the menu screen.

FIG. 17 shows the steps that might be taken to break down a sub-menusearch down to various sub-menus to the point where ducks, for example,could be selected to work with. After an individual piece of duck art ischosen to invent with, it may be displayed on the screen of the menu, sothat other menu program art or website program art may be added over itto generate an image from which it may be possible to create aninvention or prospect. In the Inventor's Menu Pictorial, Touchembodiment, the selected art may be drawn upon with a pen on aninfra-red ready screen. Drop down menus can be used for both Menu ArtPrograms and Website Art Programs.

FIG. 13 shows a representation of a computer monitor having theInventor's Menu Pictorial, Basic positioned on its screen. Except forthe SS (screen size) and MS (menu size) functions, the icons positionedon the menu correspond to functions that can be activated or cancelledby selecting the icon on the screen. The SS and MS functions cannot becancelled by selecting SS or MS on screen, as those designations are noticons but just designations denoting the scroll bars for controlling thesize of the screen and menu, to facilitate sizing of the key elementselected to invent with. The same method of activating functions byicons may be used with the Inventor's Menu Pictorial, Touch embodiment.

<MENU ART PROGRAMS> will show all of the software programs available toobtain menu art ranging from subjects A to Z, see 1(a) of FIG. 13.

<WEBSITE ART PROGRAMS> will show all of the software programs availableto obtain website art ranging from subjects from A-Z, see 1 (b) of FIG.13.

<T>, when selected from the basic embodiment, will transfer control tothe touch screen Inventor's Menu Pictorial embodiment, see 1 (c) of FIG.13.

<R> is the rotation means icon, see 1 (d) of FIG. 13.

<D> will delete the art that is displayed on the menu at the time, see 1(e) of FIG. 13.

<S> will save whatever art is shown on the menu at the time, see 1 (f)of FIG. 13.

<SM> will save the shown menu art to the Save Menu Art Program software,see 1 (g) of FIG. 13.

<SW> will save the shown website art to the Save Website Art Programsoftware, see 1 (h) of FIG. 13.

<P> will print whatever art is shown on the menu screen at the time itis clicked on, see 1 (i) of FIG. 13.

As shown by 1 (j) of FIG. 13, the SS designation at the bottom of thescroll bar on the left side of the menu of FIG. 13 denotes “screensize.” Scroll bar (1(j)) controls the screen size. The MS designation atthe right side of the menu denotes “menu size.” Scroll bar (1(k))controls the menu size.

With respect to the Inventor's Menu Pictorial, Basic, it should be notedthat it has access to art from Menu Art Programs and/or Website ArtPrograms, that can be displayed over internet art “at large” obtainedfrom a search on a search engine. The art selections may be designed bythe owner of the instant invention or an outside party to be a selectionin the Menu Art Programs or Website Art Programs of the Inventor's Menu.

In regard to the Inventor's Menu Pictorial, Touch embodiment, it hasinfra red-ready software which will allow the user to draw over thewebsite art “at large” or the art displayed on the menu screen from MenuArt Programs or Website Art Programs.

Often the art shown and used from Menu Art Programs may be juxtaposedover art from Website Art Programs that have been specially designed sothat the art will match well to each other (as with a Barbie Doll bodyand a hat where the sizes and configurations blend together well).

FIG. 18 shows a menu embodiment positioned over a terminal screen. Themenu shown (like the screen on the menu) may be sized (enlarged orreduced) via a scroll bar on the side of the menu.

The functions corresponding to the icons can be activated or cancelledin conventional computer fashion. Also, the menu may be dragged toanywhere on the menu screen to the best position considering the sizeand location of the art displayed.

In FIG. 19, the doll (7(a)) is shown with a triangular hat art elementselected from one of the menu programs. The hat in this case is notperfectly centered over the doll key element, so it must then be draggedto the center over the head of the doll, and sized smaller (7(b)) orlarger (7(c)) as desired to appropriately fit the hat on top of thedoll's head. Finally, the hat may be rotated to align it perfectly overthe doll art, or tilted so the hat may add to the appearance of thedoll's swagger.

FIG. 21 shows a doll (9 (a)) standing on a surfboard (9(c)) with a tophat (9(b)) drawn over its head. The doll (9(a)) is surfing on a broadstretch of water (9(d)) that was drawn in by the user. All of these artelements may be adjusted as described above. The amount of the sizechanges may be the same or different for each of the drawn elements,i.e., adjusted individually.

FIG. 22 shows a menu, which has been drafted on a piece of doll art,i.e., a triangular hat (10(a)). The picture of the triangular hat may beobtained from either a Menu Art Program or a Website Art Program. Themenu in this case was reduced in size by utilizing the MS (menu size)scroll bar (10(c)) so as to just show the triangular hat art element.The triangular hat art element may then be saved as program art (byclicking on the SM icon (10(d)) on the menu) to be used later by aninventor with internet art.

Almost every new invention or concept embodied by an image developed bythe Inventor's Menu Pictorial has the potential to be used to createfurther inventions and concepts. The original invention or conceptconceived by the user may be saved (and titled) and added to the list ofoptions (in an alphabetical location) from the Menu Art Programs orWebsite Art Programs for later use to create further inventions orimprovements upon the inventions conceived by the user in accordancewith the invention disclosed herein. For instance, in one embodiment,images developed with the aid of the Inventor's Menu Pictorial may besubsequently used in a menu apparatus that juxtaposes concepts,pictures, images, or depictions on a video display system in multipleopen spaces on a grid. The concepts, represented by images developed bythe Inventor's Menu Pictorial, may be associated with a simulatedrotating drum or reel, wherein a plurality of such drums or reels may berotated in simulation to create the juxtaposed display of concepts innew and unusual combinations.

There are three preferred ways to use the interactive inventive methodsof the Inventor's Menu Pictorial. Exemplary embodiments are describedbelow. In Examples 1 and 2, the menu is superimposed over doll imagesfound in the images section of Google's website (which has millions ofimages of all sorts). Yahoo and many other search engines now also haveimages programs that are ideal to use to invent with using the methodsof the instant invention.

EXAMPLE 1

In this embodiment, the user could use a picture of a new Barbie Dollmodel (Hillary Duff) displayed on Google's website (and the usersterminal) which is shown on the third page of doll images, obtainedafter “doll” was typed in as a key word on Google's images section.

With the Inventor's Menu Pictorial, a menu on the screen is superimposedover the key element, such as a new Barbie Doll model picture. The usermay proceed to superimpose individual pieces of menu art, such as dollclothing depictions (selected from a listing shown on a drop down menuon the Inventor's Menu Pictorial, by clicking on the doll clothing iconpart of the Menu Art Programs of the menu) over the new Barbie Dollmodel picture to produce various designs of inventions and prospects ofinterest to the user.

When the menu art is superimposed over or by a key element or art, themenu art on the screen may have to be adjusted in size to show arealistic, well proportioned match between the menu art and the keyelement or art. That size adjustment may be accomplished by adjustingthe position of the Size Regulator Scroll Bar controls at the sides ofthe menu.

To help perfect the mating of the menu art with the key element or art,a “rotation means” can be utilized by clicking on the “Rotation” icon onthe menu, going to the menu art displayed over the key element, andclicking on or near the vertical center line of the menu item (a hat forinstance) which would then show an “x” in the area selected and then bypushing or dragging the ends of the hat so that it is tilted to matchthe angle of the doll's head in the site art.

This menu, as with the other two examples below, has a line or lines ofcommand icons on the bottom of the screen, which may be re-positioned inwhole or part on the top or on the sides of the menu, or any otherlocation of the menu.

EXAMPLE 2

Instead of site art from an independent source (such as Google's site),the site art may originate from a proprietary source, such as from thewebsite designed by the owner of the Inventor's Menu Pictorial. Site artfrom such sources may be used to match menu art and to ensure perfectmating between the two elements, e.g., the doll and doll clothing designelements in the previous example.

The owner of the menu can make arrangements with outside parties—withwell constructed web sites (or programs) of various kinds (showingdolls, shrubs, kitchen cabinet designs or what ever) so that thousandsof different artistic and scientific site art of interest could be madeavailable to users via the internet, such as the websiteINVENTIVE-INTERNET.COM (owned by the applicant), to use in inventing.Such resources may be accessed by clicking on the Website Art Programsicon or the Menu Art Programs icon at the bottom of the Inventor's MenuPictorial. Websites of third parties or of the applicant could serve as“the one place in the world for all innovative projects,” which would beof great value to the world.

EXAMPLE 3

In this embodiment, the user would utilize an infrared ready screen onthe Inventor's Menu Pictorial. The user could simply display some chosenmenu art or site art to draw over the screen to make designs. Forinstance, he may go to a political site and after selecting a picturefrom a site, draw a beard over the face of some popular person or he maydisplay menu art of his choosing and make drawings thereon.

As a specific example of an embodiment of one aspect of the invention,the Inventor's Menu Pictorial could be used to focus on prospective treeplacements around the home of the user. In that case the user could takea photograph of his home and pass it on to the owner of the website:INVENTIVE INTERNET.COM (or a website developer) who would place thephotograph on a web page he created so that the home would be aninternet art element selectable from the Internet Art Programs icon (oreven a menu art element on the Menu Art Programs) displayed on thescreen of the Inventor's Menu Pictorial to invent with—which would beaccomplished by clicking on a subject such as trees, from a list of artsubjects, and then after deciding on an individual tree depiction shownon the website art software (or the menu art software) that art could beclicked on to show on the screen of the menu, over the website artelement (the home photograph of the user) and then by dragging the treeto various locations around the home an ideal location could beselected. Thereafter the size of the tree could be enlarged or reducedby the menu size scroll bar on the side of the menu. And then, the finalperfected picture could be saved or printed. Thereafter, as improvementsare made, different tree types could be juxtaposed over the home/treecombination initially created.

Other variants and embodiments of the instant invention are possiblewithin the spirit and scope of the invention, which are defined by theappended claims.

1. A method for creating a creative prospect comprising the steps of:displaying a key element on a display for a user; superimposing a menuover the key element; displaying a first image on the display; acceptinga user input from the user via an input device to create a second imagecomprising the key element and first image; downloading information froma first website on the internet and displaying at least a portion of theinformation from the first website on the display, the portion of theinformation from the first website including at least a first websiteelement; and displaying a creative prospect formed by the juxtapositionof the first website element and the second image.
 2. The method ofclaim 1, wherein the key element is downloaded from the internet.
 3. Themethod of claim 1, wherein the first image is downloaded from theinternet.
 4. The method of claim 1, wherein the key element isidentified by performing a search of the internet using an internetsearch engine.
 5. The method of claim 1, wherein the user input isoperable to move, rotate, enlarge, or reduce individually or togetherthe key element and the first image on the display.
 6. The method ofclaim 1, further comprising presenting a second menu containing a listof subjects to the user, wherein the first image shown on the display isselected by the user by selecting a subject from the list of subjectsvia the input device.
 7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first imageshown on the display is drawn by the user.
 8. The method of claim 1,wherein the portion of the information from the first website comprisesa second website element.
 9. The method of claim 8, further comprisingassembling a plurality of website elements by searching the internetusing a search engine.
 10. The method of claim 1, wherein the firstwebsite element comprises at least one member selected from a groupconsisting of a word, a symbol, and a picture.
 11. A computer readablemedium using a tangible medium, comprising logic instructions that whenexecuted: displays a key element on a display for a user; superimposes amenu over the key element; displays a first image on the display;accepts a user input from the user via an input device to create asecond image comprising the key element and first image; downloadsinformation from a first website on the internet and displays at least aportion of the information from the first website on the display, theportion of the information from the first website including at least afirst website element; and displays a creative prospect formed by thejuxtaposition of the first website element and the second image.
 12. Thecomputer readable medium of claim 11, further comprising logicinstructions to download the key element from the internet.
 13. Thecomputer readable medium of claim 11, further comprising logicinstructions to download the first image from the internet.
 14. Thecomputer readable medium of claim 11, further comprising logicinstructions to move, rotate, enlarge, or reduce individually ortogether the key element and the first image on the display according tothe user input.
 15. The computer readable medium of claim 11, furthercomprising logic instructions to present a second menu containing a listof subjects to the user, wherein the first image shown on the display isselected by the user by selecting a subject from the list of subjectsvia the input device.
 16. The computer readable medium of claim 11,wherein the portion of the information from the first website comprisesa second website element.
 17. The computer readable medium of claim 16,further comprising logic instructions to assemble a plurality of website elements found by the user searching the internet using a searchengine.
 18. The computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein the firstwebsite element comprises at least one member selected from a groupconsisting of a word, a symbol, and a picture.
 19. A system for creatinga creative prospect comprising: an input device for accepting a userinput from a user; and a controller connected to the input device,wherein the controller is configured to perform the operations ofproviding a menu to a user on a display; displaying a key element on thedisplay; superimposing the menu over the key element; displaying a firstimage on the display; accepting user input via the input device tocreate a second image comprising the key element and first image;downloading information from a first website on the internet anddisplaying at least a portion of the information from the first websiteon the display, the portion of the information from the first websiteincluding at least a first website element; and displaying a creativeprospect formed by the juxtaposition of the first website element andthe second image.
 20. The system of claim 19, wherein the input deviceis an infra-red ready touch screen.